elevated to the title of danshaku (baron) in 1907 under the kazoku peerage system, became an admiral on 1 December 1910 and marshal-admiral on 26 May 1915, despite never having actually commanded a ship. His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo. His son, the Admiral Ijūin Matsuji, also a career navy officer, perished in World War II during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. His second son Takeji Ohno was 4th captain of the battleship Yamato. Notes References External links 1853 births 1921 deaths People from Satsuma Domain Boshin War Imperial Japanese Navy marshal admirals People of Meiji-period Japan People of the Boshin War Japanese military personnel of the First Sino-Japanese War Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Samurai Kazoku Shimazu retainers Recipients of the Order of the Golden Kite People from Kagoshima Recipients of the Order of the Plum Blossom